![rough](additional/rough.jpg)
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![starting](additional/starting.jpg)
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Initial fill with rough
charcoal |
Smoke from incomplete
combustion |
![ignition](additional/ignition.jpg)
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![repair](additional/base-repair.jpg)
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Complete ignition,
'starting ritual' (1) |
Additional clay
attempting to seal extraction arch |
![venting](additional/venting.jpg)
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![tapping](additional/1-tap.jpg)
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Continued venting as
fresh clay contracts |
First (deliberate) slag
tap (about + 2 hours)
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![incontinent](additional/incontinent.jpg)
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![incontinent2](additional/incontinent-2.jpg)
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Self tap, base opposite
tuyere
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Second, considerably
larger, self tapping
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![instructions](additional/instructions.jpg)
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![arch1](additional/arch1.jpg)
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Rey Cogswell
prepares for extraction
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Starting by removing clay
at extraction arch
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![probe](additional/probe-down.jpg)
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Breaking clear the front
of the slag bowl
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Using a heavy bar to
loosen the slag bowl
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![reaching](additional/reaching.jpg)
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![extracted](smelt/at-extraction.jpg)
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Reaching in for the
loosened slag mass
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Mass pulled free!
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![hammering](additional/hammering.jpg)
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![bloom](additional/bloom.jpg)
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Initial compaction to a
flat cake
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Boom pieces, compacted
and segmented
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![slag bowl](additional/slag-bowl.jpg)
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![t slag](additional/tap-slag.jpg)
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Pieces of slag bowl
re-assembled, position where the bloom hd been located
clearly visible.
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Hardened tap slag ,
removed from the front of furnace
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